zappaisgod said:

DeadHearts said:

Why do you want to pay for people to be kept in prison? Not very progressive thinking
on ur part eh?

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I don't.  I don't want to pay one fucking cent for anybody's drug use.  Not for prison, not for rehab, not for needles, not for medical care.

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Shroomism said:

zappaisgod said:

DeadHearts said:

Why do you want to pay for people to be kept in prison? Not very progressive thinking
on ur part eh?

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I don't.  I don't want to pay one fucking cent for anybody's drug use.  Not for prison, not for rehab, not for needles, not for medical care.

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Problem is you already are. Prison costs a lot fucking more than rehab.

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Shroomism said:

zappaisgod said:

DeadHearts said:

Why do you want to pay for people to be kept in prison? Not very progressive thinking
on ur part eh?

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I don't.  I don't want to pay one fucking cent for anybody's drug use.  Not for prison, not for rehab, not for needles, not for medical care.

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Problem is you already are. Prison costs a lot fucking more than rehab.

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zappaisgod said:

Shroomism said:

zappaisgod said:

DeadHearts said:

Why do you want to pay for people to be kept in prison? Not very progressive thinking
on ur part eh?

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I don't.  I don't want to pay one fucking cent for anybody's drug use.  Not for prison, not for rehab, not for needles, not for medical care.

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Problem is you already are. Prison costs a lot fucking more than rehab.

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Neither is acceptable.

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SS32 said:

Chubba said:

Why don't you guys vote him in then?

Everything I've ever seen from Ron Paul makes complete sense.

All our politicians in Australia are retarded, there's no equivalent of Ron Paul over here, you have your choice of retarded party A or retarded party B.

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Because the media doesn't cover him and not enough people actually give a fuck about who is in office to do their own research and find the best candidate.

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PreparationH said:

where did you read him say he wants to keep on going with the current policy?

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I havent. But I also havent heard him say anything in regards to a better plan of
action. Seems to me he feels comfy.

Dont dude wtf me!

DeadHearts said:

PreparationH said:

where did you read him say he wants to keep on going with the current policy?

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I havent. But I also havent heard him say anything in regards to a better plan of
action. Seems to me he feels comfy.

Dont dude wtf me!

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zappaisgod said:

DeadHearts said:

PreparationH said:

where did you read him say he wants to keep on going with the current policy?

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I havent. But I also havent heard him say anything in regards to a better plan of
action. Seems to me he feels comfy.

Dont dude wtf me!

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Why not?  I was quite clear.  No jail no rehab no fucking nothing.  Junkies get a front end loader into a dumpster when they die and no help.  No welfare for drug users.  Pass a drug test to get food stamps.  NO. THING.  Nothing.  With freedom comes responsibility.

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novumorganum said:

SS32 said:

Chubba said:

Why don't you guys vote him in then?

Everything I've ever seen from Ron Paul makes complete sense.

All our politicians in Australia are retarded, there's no equivalent of Ron Paul over here, you have your choice of retarded party A or retarded party B.

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Because the media doesn't cover him and not enough people actually give a fuck about who is in office to do their own research and find the best candidate.

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or it might just be that the percentage of the popular vote he received in the last two repub primaries is an accurate representation of the support for his positions among the republican primary voters.

i think its a real cop out to say 'people didn't do research to find the best candidate' (whomever we are speaking about) the more likely truth is people did do research and do not agree with him overall.

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Mind Transcribing said:

Ron Paul doesn't believe in evolution.

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closed veil said:

George W. Bush and Sarah Palin believe humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.

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source? maybe they know something we dont

zappaisgod said:

novumorganum said:

SS32 said:

Chubba said:

Why don't you guys vote him in then?

Everything I've ever seen from Ron Paul makes complete sense.

All our politicians in Australia are retarded, there's no equivalent of Ron Paul over here, you have your choice of retarded party A or retarded party B.

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Because the media doesn't cover him and not enough people actually give a fuck about who is in office to do their own research and find the best candidate.

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or it might just be that the percentage of the popular vote he received in the last two repub primaries is an accurate representation of the support for his positions among the republican primary voters.

i think its a real cop out to say 'people didn't do research to find the best candidate' (whomever we are speaking about) the more likely truth is people did do research and do not agree with him overall.

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Indeed.  I know more about this particular asshole than most of his 14th grade high school supporters.  I can't really believe he continues to get elected.  The only reason he hasn't suffered Grayson's fate is that he is a Republican in Texas and he isn't as abrasive.

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The Congressman wants $8,000,000.00 to pay for marketing of wild American shrimp and $2.3 million to fund research into shrimp-fishing.
These are but two of the Congressman's 65 earmarks sought thus far this year to the tune of $400,000,000.00. HIs chief spokesman pulled a Tom DeLay and said
"Reducing earmarks does not reduce government spending, and it does not prohibit spending upon those things that are earmarked," the spokesman said. "What people who push earmark reform are doing is they are particularly misleading the public -- and I have to presume it's not by accident."
Of course the Congressman in question is the patron saint of both the constitutionally pure crowd and the black helicopter crowd — Congressman Ron Paul.]

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Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has been known to say “no” to party leadership frequently during the libertarian icon’s 11 terms in the House. But his recent decision to reject the House GOP’s earmark ban by requesting 41 projects totaling more than $100 million for his Congressional district may not be excused.
Paul is one of a handful of Members to publicly challenge the House GOP leadership by going forward with earmark requests just two weeks after the Republican Conference adopted a one-year moratorium on the spending practice. …
[Ron Paul] defended his decision to request projects, saying he needed to make sure his constituents benefited from their federal tax dollars.

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I don't think it's necessarily a cop out.  My view is that the majority of the population believes that only 2 parties exist in our political system and that any vote for a 3rd party is a vote wasted.  In Ron Paul's case, he lost the nomination because he is not viewed as a "True Republican" by the Republican party.  The truth is that he is really a Libertarian masquerading as a Republican to get more votes.  If more people would do their research, and vote for the party that best fits there political beliefs, the republicans and democrats might have more competition, and the people in office might better represent their constituency.

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Ron Paul has rarely been on my radar. Sure there were the anti-black/ anti-Semitic Newsletters which were published under his name (which he claimed he never read). And yes there were those really whacko public statements like; the federal reserve was behind Watergate, that Lincoln was wrong to push us into a Civil War over slavery, or his assertion that condemning the HAMAS terrorist rocket attacks promotes violence. But those items only suggest that the Texas Republican Congressman is a bigot as well as a bit of a lunatic, which not bad by today’s congressional standards.

Ron Paul is believed to be a “fiscal conservative” and if you ask him he will tell you that he has never voted for an earmark. That statement is 100% correct. What Paul does is to make sure that the earmarks he wants are put into a bill, and then he votes against the bill. Its the best of all possible worlds. He gets to bring home the bacon on a local basis and makes the anti-earmark claim on a national basis.

In fiscal 2009 Ron Paul sponsored or co-sponsored 23 earmarks totaling $80,775,750 ranking him the 33rd highest out of 435 representatives. (source: Open Secrets):

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